Researchers have found more evidence suggesting that chronic heavy alcohol use may speed up the biological pathways linked to ...

A new study found that heavy drinking can accelerate biological brain aging and triggers the molecular warning signs of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drinking alcohol impacts everyone a little differently. Musculature, water, genes, tobacco use, and other factors change an ...

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disorders, may affect as many as 1 in 20 school-aged children in the United States. Despite its prevalence, the exact ...

No level of alcohol is safe for the brain and even light drinking is linked to an increased risk for dementia, results of a large observational study suggested. The research combined observational ...

While it is common for people to try alcohol in adolescence, alcohol use in teens can be detrimental to health and may affect brain development and mental health. While teens usually drink less often ...

The belief that moderate amounts of alcohol, especially red wine, benefit heart health persists despite experts dismissing studies supporting this view. New research published in Nature Communications ...

A new study by Scripps Research reveals that alcohol dependence disrupts two signaling pathways in a stress-related part of the brain—and offers insights on developing drugs to treat this condition.

Emerging evidence suggests regional neuroanatomical variability may be predictive of early alcohol use (before age 15). However, the relationship between whole-brain network organization and early ...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $2.9 million federal grant to study fetal alcohol spectrum ...

Adolescents who use social media earlier are more likely to experiment with substances such as alcohol, tobacco and marijuana ...